The ratio of old to intellectual property

After Socrates, Sozomen Hermias church history. Sozomen its history is largely borrowed from Socrates, though, and wrote her a much more elegant style and really made a lot of supplements and additives, as well as much of its ... It is interesting that Socrates, he does not refer. This is pretty typical of ancient writers, who often borrow from each other whole pieces and did not consider it necessary to give a reference. Then it was quite a different attitude to the ... This concept does not exist, and anyone who disagrees with the opinion of an author's opinion is considered equally, and his writings could embed it in their writings. On the other hand, in ancient times were very common so-called ... Thus the writer wanted to give more weight to his works, and it was not a forgery: the author could quite sincerely believe that live is the man whose name he signed his work, in his time, he himself would have accepted this work as its. One of the most famous psevdoepigrafov, which we shall speak in due time - it works building, inscribed the name of Dionysius Areopagite.

A. A. Dworkin. Essays on the history of the Universal Orthodox Church.